{"id":4510,"date":"2018-04-11T05:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T12:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/?p=4510"},"modified":"2018-04-08T08:23:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T15:23:39","slug":"mark-reads-on-ordeal-roshaun-chapter-2-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2018\/04\/mark-reads-on-ordeal-roshaun-chapter-2-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Reads &#8220;On Ordeal: Roshaun&#8221; &#8211; Chapter 2, Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the first part of the second chapter of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153On Ordeal: Roshaun,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d IT HAPPENED, IT HAPPENED!!! Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read <i>Young Wizards<\/i>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I know I am absolutely repeating what I said at the end of the video for this part, but it truly is the best part of the opening of chapter two. LOOK HOW MUCH JOY THERE IS WITHIN THE TEXT. It doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t take long for Rho to wake up and realize that something has happened. In hindsight, I find it hilarious that he had a full-on conversation with an object or a thing and then just wrote it off as a dream. RHO, PAY ATTENTION, YOUR WILDEST DREAM IS UNFOLDING BEFORE YOU. Yet I totally get <i>why<\/i> he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see the obvious! How <i>could<\/i> he? Look at the emotional state he was in. He witnessed an assassination attempt on his mother; he was in the midst of an existential crisis about the path of his whole life. He wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t exactly in the most receptive mood!<\/p>\n<p>And yet, once it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s undeniable, the tone of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153On Ordeal: Roshaun\u00e2\u20ac\u009d completely changes. He discards his doubt and accepts that an Aethyr\u00e2\u20ac\u201dno, <i>his<\/i> Aethyr!!!\u00e2\u20ac\u201dhas finally arrived.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>I am a wizard<\/i>, Rho thought, his mouth dry with shock and astonishment. <i>Finally<\/i>, finally<i> it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s happened.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>ISN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T IT JUST FULL OF JOY AND WONDER, Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ALL?!?!? It doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t matter that we knew it was gonna happen. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still so exciting, <i>especially<\/i> because Duane spent so much time giving us a sense of what Rho\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s life was like <i>before<\/i> he was given a chance to be a wizard. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a classic case of knowing the ending, but having a story told to explain how one arrives there. Thus, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still tension here, and there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still a need to know. I want to see how Rho\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Ordeal will unfold, and I want to know what his very first trip to the Crossings will be like. But more than anything else: I want to know what it will be like for him to taste freedom.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure none of you are surprised that I am latching on to this specific dynamic more than anything else. I <i>distinctly<\/i> remember what freedom felt like after years of the opposite. Duane captures the combination of ecstasy and terror that I, too, felt throughout the experience. Just because Roshaun has this thing he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always wanted doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean his fear disappears. You can still see it here as he stresses over the thought of his Challenge as well as the terror that his first wizardry will fail miserably. This might change his outlook, but it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t immediately change his personality, you know? His anxiety is still on the surface, and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still concerned about the ramifications of <i>everything<\/i>. I DEEPLY, DEEPLY RELATE TO THIS. Even if my freedom was wrapped up in a lot of trauma\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbeing kicked out of my home is not something I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to relive\u00e2\u20ac\u201dI remember how <i>light<\/i> my body felt in those first few hours. And I relate that to the fact that Rho now has choices he never had before.<\/p>\n<p>Isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t that the nature of freedom? It means all the choices that are available are available to <i>you<\/i>. And for a kid who isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t allowed to have friends over, who isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t allowed to just leave his home for casual strolls or day adventures, who must tell his parents and his security staff his every move, wizardry has granted him a million new choices.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t wait to see what he does with them.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/8oc1PzXbp98<\/p>\n<p><b>Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>My YA contemporary debut, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markoshiro.com\/blog\/2017\/9\/22\/i-am-proud-to-announce-my-ya-contemporary-debut-anger-is-a-gift\">ANGER IS A GIFT<\/a>, is now available for pre-order!\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><strong>If you&#8217;d like to stay up-to-date on all announcements regarding my books, <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/ey636\">sign up for my newsletter<\/a>! DO IT.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first part of the second chapter of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153On Ordeal: Roshaun,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d IT HAPPENED, IT HAPPENED!!! Intrigued? 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